Around 2:20 p.m., Oregon State Police arrested: Cameron Michael Kennedy, 22, of Eugene; Nicole Dentremont, 22, of Eugene; Mary Rosett, 31, of Missoula, Mont. and Anna K. Armstrong, 19, of Bend. All four had occupied the entrances to Brown's and Wheeler's offices
and secured themselves to each other with locks.

A fifth person who had locked herself to the others in the human chain voluntarily left and was not arrested, said Lt. Gregg Hastings, a state police spokesman.

The six people arrested were booked into Marion County Jail on criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief charges.

They have all since been released from custody, said Hastings.

The protesters are from Cascadia Earth First! and Cascadia Forest Defenders, who have posted a gallery of images from today's protest. They are asking for several demands to be
met, including commitments to drop the Elliott State Forest logging plan, block
clear-cutting of ancients forests, and to separate school funding from public
lands management, among other requests.

The land board had said allowing more
logging in the Elliott State Forest would bring more revenue to the Common
School Fund, although protesters say the amount generated has been characterized
as "a drop in the bucket."